Do you always ready to draw??

[Old cop]

I pocket carry and usually walk w/my hand in my pocket just in case. This works in the winter b/c my jacket is waist length. In the event I need to wear a suit and overcoat I'll transfer the gun to a coat pocket until I'm inside, then switch it to a pants pocket. How fast, who knows but I do try to maintain a good level of situational awareness. There's only so much you can do . . .

 

[Moe Mentum]

I focus on shot placement, drawing is not important to me, hopefully I will never have to draw my weapon, but if I do, I want to be certain I hit what I'm shooting at.

 

[Step N. Mud]

Several weeks ago, I was entering a gun show at a convention center and knew the drill with conceal carry while at the gun show about no loaded firearms. I had previously unloaded my 686 and put the loose rounds in my pants pocket with shirt tail out and also had a soft side bag on my off shoulder with gun stuff. Upon entering the front doors there were two sheriffs, first one was a female and ask if I had any guns and without hesitation, I drew my cc revolver and flipped open the cylinder and sat it down on the desk in front of her. She made kinda of a startled motion, but the other male sheriff calmly ask if I had any ammo and I proceeded to hand over my loose rounds in return for a ticket to redeem my rounds when I leave the show. I think I drew my cc gun, faster that she expected and caught her off guard some, but it's the same way I usually do when I get home and unholster. Not really fast but more like just a easy motion that seems natural to me.

 

[Kanewpadle]

The goal should be a SMOOTH draw. No jerky jerky stuff.

At the range, to draw and put two effective hits on target in under two seconds is good. 1.5 seconds is great.

But that's the range. On the street situational awareness will make up for a draw that's not quite as fast.